Thirty-five high school marching bands from across West Virginia will compete at the University of Charleston.
The fourth-annual West Virginia Marching Band Invitational will be today at the stadium. The competition is sponsored by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History in participation with the VH1 Save The Music Foundation, the Higher Education Policy Commission and the West Virginia Department of Education and The Arts.
Bands will be judged on general effect, marching and maneuvering, music, music effect, percussion, drum major, color guard, majorettes and feature twirler.
Also, two new members will be inducted into the West Virginia Marching Band Directors Hall of Fame. They are Greg James, of Richwood High School, and Timothy James, of Cabell Midland High School.
- The Associated Press